Short takes

? Indiana Veterans' Home will host a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today in MacArthur Auditorium. It will feature job openings in nursing, maintenance, recreation, transportation and food services. Visit http://www.in.gov/spd/2334.htm. The home is at 3851 N. River Road in West Lafayette.

? The 34th annual Indiana-Illinois Farm and Outdoor Power Equipment Show will be Dec. 11 through 13 at the West Pavilion of the Indiana State Fairgrounds. It will focus on next year's planting season. The event has free seminars. Call 843-686-5640.

? Greater Lafayette Commerce invites the public to hear D. Craig Brater, dean of the Indiana University School of Medicine, speak at its monthly "Eggs 'n Issues" seminar at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 11 at Hilton Garden Inn, 356 E. State St., West Lafayette. Brater will speak about the expansion of IU School of Medicine-Lafayette.